Weekend in Italy Continued!!!

So Brandon met me at the bus stop. When I saw him from the bus, I instantly starting crying. We hadn't seen each other in 2 months, and it was hard, but I didn't let it hit me until I saw him again. It hit me just how much I had missed him. So we hugged for a few minutes and pretty much picked up exactly where we left off. We were already joking and being silly. There was a little concern that after you're away from someone that long, things may be awkward or weird, but that was not the case. So it was WONDERFUL having my boyfriend back!!!!
Since there was a bus/metro strike that day, we had to walk 3 miles back to Brandon's apartment. Things operate a little different in Italy. Their government collapses about once a year, and they strike for one day a couple of days a month. It seems wildly ineffective to me, but I guess it works for them. So we walked the 3 miles back to Brandon's apartment and grabbed Kabob pizza along the way. I know what you're thinking, WHAT IS KABOB PIZZA? Okay so in the states we have shish kabob, which is like bbq'd meat and veggies on a stick. Not the same thing. "Kabob" is not really a specific meat, to be honest I have no idea what it is made of. But there's a big hunk of meat that they shave pieces off and put on your pizza. It sounds foul, but GOOD LORD IT'S GLORIOUS!!!!!!!!

It's soo good, EVEN Brandon gets it with lettuce on it...hahaha.
So we ate Kabob pizza, and let me tell you, it was AMAZING!!!

Brandon has a knack for finding amazing hole-in-the-wall type restaurants....lol

That "thing" in the back is Kabob.

So the next morning we got up early and went to the Palazo Maddamo,
and went to a museum in there. Along the way, the Metro was no longer striking so we got to ride the metro, which of the walk that took us 30 mins, took us 7 on the metro!!! It's amazing. and Some metros are creepy and weird, but Torino's metro is total marble. Which for a city that receives quite a bit of rain, it seems like all slick marble wasn't the best choice. But it looks good!!!

So we rode the metro and then got off so Brandon could show me "Via Roma", which is Torino's equivalent to Rodeo Drive!!! It too was covered in marble and gorgeous!!!! This is where the Louis Vuitton stores are, and all the really beautiful bridal stores are, and Rolex. Talk about my kind of place!!!

found it funny there was a "Scotland" Store in Torino!!

 The museum we went is in a square that contains the old palace from when the Savoy's ruled Italy. There is WAY more history of this in Brandon's post of this museum.....but it seems rather redundant for me to copy and paste that info from his....hahahah.....I would....lol.
But we went and explored around that museum!! Which was amazing!!

They had a glass elevator!!! so that was neat!!

Brandon in the tower!!

Views of Torino from the tower

After seeing all the museum had, we headed back to Brandon's Apartment.
On that walk we saw this little girl walking with a really cute umbrella!!
My sister's dog is named Diego and he is a Sheiba Inu, and this is a picture of Diego EXACTLY!!!
I thought it was so funny, we tried to creep behind this family to get a picture!!! hahah

Things like this are what make me miss home!! Even though I don't miss Diego barking, I do miss his owners!!!!
After some rest and relaxation we decided to go out to dinner, to a restaurant down the street called La Caprisciosca.... They do an amazing "chips pizza"....which is one of Brandon's favorite foods!!! lol. So he took me to go try chips pizza! I don't know how we did not think of this earlier? It is amazing!! This will become a family recipe!! hahah. and I will claim it is authentic Italian......hahahah

 Then after pizza, we ate gelato!! Which is glorious!! haha, that's literally the only word I can think to describe genuine gelato. probably magnificent would cover it as well.....hahah

YUM!!!!

Well until next time!!!
Molly